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In the 1989 movie “Back to the Future II” Marty McFly travels to the distant future – 2015. Among many advances in technology McFly encounters hoverboards, flying cars, and rehydrators which turned tiny […]

With the resignation of Governor John Kitzhaber (D) effective Wednesday, February 18, Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) will assume the office since Oregon has no Lt. Governor. So what can we expect from incoming Governor Brown?

The arrest of New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D) has shaken the Albany Capitol building and its occupants to their snow boots. Whether you like him, fear him, despise him or respect him – a leadership change of this […]

The transparency and sufficiency of the provider networks available to health care consumers is at the heart of the current debate over “Narrow Networks.” In an effort to maintain affordable premiums, […]

“Corporation Fires Quadriplegic Man” reads the headline on the front page of your city’s major newspaper. As you read, you learn that the termination was for the use of marijuana and companies with federal contracts must […]

Calm seemed to preside at the NARUC Annual Meeting in San Francisco in stark contrast to the sense of urgency underlying NARUC’s Summer Meetings in July. The Summer Committee Meetings were dominated by discussions, […]

Now that the results of election night 2014 have sunk in, 12 new Governors (eight Republicans, three Democrats, and an independent) are preparing to take the reins in their respective states. As you might expect, a review of their key campaign […]